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Demonstrators protest in front of the Thompson Center to voice their support for Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights on February 10, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
After President Donald Trump's March for Life speech on Friday, in which he called for a nationwide 20-week abortion ban and touted his administration's efforts to roll back reproductive rights and discrimination prevention measures in the euphemistic name of "religious liberty," critics denounced Trump and Republicans for pushing an anti-child agenda.
In response to the president's proclamations that he values children, reproductive rights advocates decried failures by the Republican-led Congress to approve long-term funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as well as moves by Trump and GOP lawmakers to use recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as "bargaining chips" in legislative battles over immigration policy.
\u201cTrump at #MarchForLife: \u201cEvery life is sacred, every child is a precious gift from God.\u201d Oh realllllly. \n\nIf Trump & the GOP actually cared about children, they\u2019d work w/ us to restore #CHIP, address #DACA & address our obscene rates of maternal mortality. #DreamActNow\u201d— NARAL (@NARAL) 1516383680
\u201cAnd that right there is the moral decay and hypocrisy at the heart of the GOP and the \u201cpro-life\u201d bunch. All love and nurture for fetuses; not a care for them once they\u2019re born. #USA\u201d— Mona Eltahawy (@Mona Eltahawy) 1516383816
Introduced by Vice President Mike Pence as "the most pro-life president in American history," Trump called on the Senate to pass a bill "misleadingly labeled as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which cleared the House in October. Advocates for reproductive rights have said the proposal is unpopular and unconstitutional, and would mostly notably impact low-income women of color.
Trump also attacked the landmark Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling for enabling "permissive abortion laws," and bragged about various ways his administration and Republicans in Congress have worked to limit access to reproductive care since he took office one year ago.
As the president noted:
Dawn Laguens, Planned Parenthood's executive vice president, said the move to allow states to withhold funding makes the Trump-Pence agenda "crystal clear."
\u201cToday, the Trump-Pence administration makes their agenda crystal clear: they are laser-focused on using their power to control women\u2019s bodies and lives.\n #StandWithPP \nhttps://t.co/g4j72hdaGU\u201d— Dawn Laguens (@Dawn Laguens) 1516380007
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After President Donald Trump's March for Life speech on Friday, in which he called for a nationwide 20-week abortion ban and touted his administration's efforts to roll back reproductive rights and discrimination prevention measures in the euphemistic name of "religious liberty," critics denounced Trump and Republicans for pushing an anti-child agenda.
In response to the president's proclamations that he values children, reproductive rights advocates decried failures by the Republican-led Congress to approve long-term funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as well as moves by Trump and GOP lawmakers to use recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as "bargaining chips" in legislative battles over immigration policy.
\u201cTrump at #MarchForLife: \u201cEvery life is sacred, every child is a precious gift from God.\u201d Oh realllllly. \n\nIf Trump & the GOP actually cared about children, they\u2019d work w/ us to restore #CHIP, address #DACA & address our obscene rates of maternal mortality. #DreamActNow\u201d— NARAL (@NARAL) 1516383680
\u201cAnd that right there is the moral decay and hypocrisy at the heart of the GOP and the \u201cpro-life\u201d bunch. All love and nurture for fetuses; not a care for them once they\u2019re born. #USA\u201d— Mona Eltahawy (@Mona Eltahawy) 1516383816
Introduced by Vice President Mike Pence as "the most pro-life president in American history," Trump called on the Senate to pass a bill "misleadingly labeled as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which cleared the House in October. Advocates for reproductive rights have said the proposal is unpopular and unconstitutional, and would mostly notably impact low-income women of color.
Trump also attacked the landmark Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling for enabling "permissive abortion laws," and bragged about various ways his administration and Republicans in Congress have worked to limit access to reproductive care since he took office one year ago.
As the president noted:
Dawn Laguens, Planned Parenthood's executive vice president, said the move to allow states to withhold funding makes the Trump-Pence agenda "crystal clear."
\u201cToday, the Trump-Pence administration makes their agenda crystal clear: they are laser-focused on using their power to control women\u2019s bodies and lives.\n #StandWithPP \nhttps://t.co/g4j72hdaGU\u201d— Dawn Laguens (@Dawn Laguens) 1516380007
After President Donald Trump's March for Life speech on Friday, in which he called for a nationwide 20-week abortion ban and touted his administration's efforts to roll back reproductive rights and discrimination prevention measures in the euphemistic name of "religious liberty," critics denounced Trump and Republicans for pushing an anti-child agenda.
In response to the president's proclamations that he values children, reproductive rights advocates decried failures by the Republican-led Congress to approve long-term funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as well as moves by Trump and GOP lawmakers to use recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as "bargaining chips" in legislative battles over immigration policy.
\u201cTrump at #MarchForLife: \u201cEvery life is sacred, every child is a precious gift from God.\u201d Oh realllllly. \n\nIf Trump & the GOP actually cared about children, they\u2019d work w/ us to restore #CHIP, address #DACA & address our obscene rates of maternal mortality. #DreamActNow\u201d— NARAL (@NARAL) 1516383680
\u201cAnd that right there is the moral decay and hypocrisy at the heart of the GOP and the \u201cpro-life\u201d bunch. All love and nurture for fetuses; not a care for them once they\u2019re born. #USA\u201d— Mona Eltahawy (@Mona Eltahawy) 1516383816
Introduced by Vice President Mike Pence as "the most pro-life president in American history," Trump called on the Senate to pass a bill "misleadingly labeled as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," which cleared the House in October. Advocates for reproductive rights have said the proposal is unpopular and unconstitutional, and would mostly notably impact low-income women of color.
Trump also attacked the landmark Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling for enabling "permissive abortion laws," and bragged about various ways his administration and Republicans in Congress have worked to limit access to reproductive care since he took office one year ago.
As the president noted:
Dawn Laguens, Planned Parenthood's executive vice president, said the move to allow states to withhold funding makes the Trump-Pence agenda "crystal clear."
\u201cToday, the Trump-Pence administration makes their agenda crystal clear: they are laser-focused on using their power to control women\u2019s bodies and lives.\n #StandWithPP \nhttps://t.co/g4j72hdaGU\u201d— Dawn Laguens (@Dawn Laguens) 1516380007